Kosta Khetagurov

Ossetian poet (1859–1906)

Kosta Levanovich Khetagurov (Iron Ossetic: Хетæгкаты Леуаны фырт Къоста, romanized: Xetægkaty Lewany fyrt Khosta, Russian: Коста (Константин) Леванович Хетагуров; 15 October [O.S. 3 October] 1859 – 1 April [O.S. 19 March] 1906) was a national poet of the Ossetian people who is generally regarded as the founder of Ossetian literature. He was also a talented painter and a notable public benefactor. Khetagurov was born in the village of Nar in what is now Alagirsky District in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania.

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